Manager, Governance, Risk and Compliance

Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a **Manager, Governance, Risk and Compliance** to join our Support Hub team in **Sydney Olympic Park****

**About the position**:

- **Ongoing full-time **(76 hours per fortnight)
- **Working Monday to Friday**:

- Located in** Sydney Olympic Park**:

- **Flexible working from home arrangements** are available and will be agreed with the successful applicant
- Attractive **salary package starting at $100K** commensurate with experience and skills

**About the Opportunity**:
The focus of this **full-time** role is to support the General Manager, Business Excellence in establishing, maintaining and developing systems and processes to ensure compliance with relevant International and Australian Standards, as well as Funder-specific service delivery standards and reporting requirements.
- This will include but is not limited to:_
- Working collaboratively and closely with members of the Senior Leadership Team to ensure systems are relevant and effective in their areas of responsibility
- Supporting the General Manager, Business Excellence in developing and implementing the Enterprise Risk Management framework and systems
- Undertaking regular risk management reviews of the organisation and making recommendations for organisation-wide risk management systems and improvements
- Developing a Quality Plan for the organisation which is aligned with the Strategic Plan and associated operational plans for the organisation
- Providing high level advice, information on issues and developments to contribute to the refinement of Flourish Australia’s outcomes framework
- Developing and maintaining mutually beneficial partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
- Effective continued improvement, communication, consultation and auditing of Flourish Australia’s QMS to maintain Flourish Australia’s ISO9001:2015, Environmental ISO 14001:2015, OHS ISO 45001:2018 and various disability standards Accreditation.

**About you**:
To be successful in this role, you will:

- Have extensive knowledge and practical experience in organisational governance, risk, compliance and quality systems.
- Sound analytical, reasoning and decision making skills including solid numerical ability and strategic judgement.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills with a wide variety of stakeholders to communicate in a clear, logical and succinct manner.
- Sound problem solving, decision making and solid negotiation skills to achieve effective relationships and outcomes.
- Well-developed networking and relationship building skills.
- Be proficient with technology, Mac and Microsoft Office programs.
- Be committed to professional and ethical conduct.

Please find further details about the role in the position description attached here.

**Selection Criteria**:
**_ Essential:_**
- Tertiary qualifications related to quality management and/or project management e.g. Prince2.
- Minimum 5 years' experience working in a related quality, risk and compliance position.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience implementing Quality Management Frameworks and understanding of the accreditation principles, practices and requirements including an understanding of the issues arising from accreditation processes for organisations within the community sector and not-for-profits.
- Demonstrated understanding of the principles of risk management at an organisational-level.
- Excellent project management skills including project planning, working to tight deadlines and managing performance and risk.
- Proven organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload to meet timeframes and job related expectations.

**_Desirable:_**
- A personal lived experience of a mental health issue.
- The ability to work effectively with representatives from both the public and private sectors.

**About the Benefits**:
Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:

- Attractive salary package starting at $100K commensurate with experience and skills
- **Employee Assistance Program** for confidential wellbeing support
- Opportunities for career development, **professional development and training** such as Mental Health First Aid, ASIST and relevant Leadership training (where applicable)
- **Inclusive initiatives** such as our Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff
- **Family-friendly and flexible working conditions**:

- Comprehensive infrastructure including a laptop, mobile phone and other resources for work purposes
- Exclusive **fleet pricing discounts** with Kia Motors

**Who we are**:
Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our purpose is to support people to flourish, believe in their futures, and become contributing members of the community.

Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs,